What is Medical Qigong therapy?
Medical Qigong therapy is one of the oldest branches of Chinese Medicine, predating acupuncture by thousands of years. Qi refers to the life force energy that flows through the acupuncture channels, while Gong means skill acquired through practice. Thus, Medical Qigong refers to a wide series of therapeutic exercises, breathing methods, and healing mental imagery that guide and direct the Qi for health and balance.
Medical Qigong can be divided into three categories:
• physical therapy exercises for building Qi and healing specific disorders
• relaxation methods for guiding the Qi within, and for stress management
• external Qi healing (Wai Qi Liao Fa) for emitting Qi to heal others
Today there are hundreds of Medical Qigong hospitals and clinics throughout China, treating such problems as breast and ovarian tumors and cysts, paraplegia and hemiplegia, muscular atrophy, stress and insomnia, immune deficiency disorders, migraine headaches, certain types of cancer and pain.
Why would I choose Medical Qigong Therapy as my treatment method?
There are several reasons for choosing Medical Qigong therapy as your treatment method.
First, Medical Qigong therapy is non-invasive as compared to acupuncture; some sessions don't even require physical contact! For adults and children who don't like acupuncture, Medical Qigong therapy offers them an alternative choice of Chinese medical treatment.
Second, in most Medical Qigong treatment sessions, the patient is given a customized Qigong exercise prescription for home practice. In many cases, patients can speed their recovery through personalized Qigong "physical therapy" practice; often this is absolutelycritical to healing. Many diseases and health problems today are caused by lack of exercise. Qigong offers a safe and effective exercise practice that requires no equipment or fitness center membership.
Qigong relaxation techniques give patients a new and powerful way of dealing with their stress, a method that is free from side effects and costs nothing other than the iniitial cost of training.
Thirdly, some conditions that don't respond to Western medicine, acupuncture or herbal therapy can be treated most effectively through Medical Qigong therapy, making it the modality of first choice.
How much does Medical Qigong Therapy cost?
You can expect to pay $190 for the first treatment and $145 per hour of treatment after. Typically treatment sessions last 1.5 hours for a new patient, and between 45 minutes to 1 hour for follow-up sessions, include intake and patient progress update, treatment and training in personalized Qigong exercise prescriptions especially for you, your unique constitution and your goals for treatment.
The Healing Presence: External Qigong Therapy
External Qi Healing (Wai Qi Zhi Liao) is a rare and powerful form of energetic healing from China. External Qi Healing does not require prior knowledge of Chinese Medical theory, and is easy for Westerners to learn and apply. The techniques you will learn in this seminar can be integrated into any healing practice, particularly increasing the effectiveness of modalities such as acupuncture, massage, and Therapeutic Touch. Derived from the Taoists of ancient China, these techniques are currently being used in modern Chinese hospitals, and are also being researched at Harvard and other universities.
Participants will learn how to generate a strong field of vital energy (Qi or Ch’i), so that your very presence can have a healing effect. You will also learn to assess the energy field of others, to project specific types of therapeutic energy, and to use ancient techniques for opening the body to the inexhaustible well of healing power in nature, so that the healer avoids the danger of depleting his or her own energy.
Introduction to Qigong 101
In this first quarter of the Medical Qigong Therapy program, students will discover the wonders of traditional Medical Qigong exercises for promoting health and healing, physical fitness, mental clarity and spiritual focus. Students will learn to apply these methods for building their own personal Qi, and as physical therapy prescriptions for treating specific musculo-skeletal disorders and correcting internal health problems. This is the introductory level in our series of Medical Qigong courses, designed to prepare students to become teachers and practitioners of Medical Qigong.
Subjects covered include:
• Qigong History
• Three Regulations
• Optimum times for practice
• Qigong precautions
• Lying Down Dantian Breathing
• Zhang Zhuan Standing Post Qigong
• 9 Threading Breaths Qigong
• Swimming Dragon Qigong
• Bagua Inner Palms Qigong
MQG 101-2 Microcosmic Orbit Meditation (12 hours)
Opening the Microcosmic Orbit is the ancient foundation for healing and martial arts. It awakens, circulates, and directs Chˆi (or Qi), the generating life force, through the two main acupuncture channels in the body. The Microcosmic Orbit Meditation then draws in and circulates healing energy from the universal, cosmic, and earth planes to empower the body/mind. Also taught are the Inner Smile Qigong and the Six Healing Sounds, useful in reducing stress, negative emotions, fatigue and other maladies.
MQG101-3 Lian Gong Qigong and Hua Shan Qigong (12 hours)
Students will learn Lian Gong Shr Ba Fa (Refinement Skill in 18 Methods), a healing Qigong style practiced by over 20 million people worldwide for general fitness and for preventing and treating a complete range of musculoskeletal and internal disorders. You will also learn the nine exercises set of Hua Shan Qigong (Flower Mountain Energy Skill) from a famous Taoist mountain hermitage, and a wide range of Qigong self-massage techniques for health maintenance and treating specific disorders.
MQG 101-4 The Healing Presence: External Qigong Therapy (12 hours)
External Qi Healing (Wai Qi Zhi Liao) is a rare and powerful form of energetic healing from China. External Qi Healing does not require prior knowledge of Chinese Medical theory, and is easy for Westerners to learn and apply. The techniques you will learn in this seminar can be integrated into any healing practice, particularly increasing the effectiveness of modalities such as acupuncture, massage, and Therapeutic Touch. Derived from the Taoists of ancient China, these techniques are currently being used in modern Chinese hospitals, and are also being researched at Harvard and other universities.
Participants will learn how to generate a strong field of vital energy (Qi or Ch’i), so that your very presence can have a healing effect. You will also learn to assess the energy field of others, to project specific types of therapeutic energy, and to use ancient techniques for opening the body to the inexhaustible well of healing power in nature, so that the healer avoids the danger of depleting his or her own energy.
MQG 102 Cosmic Healing Qigong I (12 hours )
Cosmic Healing Qigong is a special system of Taoist energetic healing recently introduced by Taoist Master Mantak Chia. Based on the foundations of the Healing Tao system, Cosmic Healing Qigong is a straightforward step-by-step Medical Qigong style that shows you how to use your mind, heart and Qi to heal others.
Discover how to use color, intention, and the energies of heaven and earth to clear away diseases and healthy function. Learn how to transform ordinary water into a healing elixir. Explore charging up your bones and marrow with healing energy. Truly one of the best of the Healing Tao courses.